Estimating the Global Public Health Implications of Electricity andCoal Consumption
Author(s) -
Julia M. Gohlke,
Reuben Thomas,
Alistair Woodward,
Diarmid CampbellLendrum,
Annette PrüssÜstün,
Simon Hales,
Christopher J. Portier
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.119-821
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , electricity , consumption (sociology) , air pollution , life expectancy , coal , energy consumption , sanitation , public health , environmental health , natural resource economics , environmental science , environmental protection , agricultural economics , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , medicine , population , waste management , ecology , social science , chemistry , nursing , organic chemistry , sociology , electrical engineering , biology
The growing health risks associated with greenhouse gas emissions highlight the need for new energy policies that emphasize efficiency and low-carbon energy intensity.
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